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[Jimmy-T]

Here's a puzzle that was presented to me just last night.  A building installs balconies and new sliding access doors as common property.  One owner, unbeknownst to the others, changes his sliding doors for a different and much more expensive style of door.  He then sells the unit to another person who later discovers the doors need repair – and a much more expensive repair than would be needed for the original doors.  Who's responsible for the repairs? 

My guess was the new owner has to shell out because they had bought the “illegal' door (and they could claim against the previous owner).  However, a strata manager friend tells me no, the other owners are responsible because they should have known about the door and remedied the situation.

Now, setting aside the fact that this probably isn't worth going to court over – and certainly not the CTTT chocolate wheel – does anyone have a definitve answer to this?

JimmyT

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